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JAMES LAVVLER, OF "STI CHARLES, MISSOURI.`

PLATFORM-FRAME FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `:Patent N o. 735,394, dated August 4, 1903.

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T0 all whom it mayconccrm Be it known that I, JAMES G. LAWLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in St. Charles,in the county of St. Charles and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Platform-Frames for `Railway-Cars, of which the f ollowing is a full,

clear, andy exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a frame of metal construction for supporting the platforms of railway-cars, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the platform-timbers may be mounted and held ,upon the frame without the' requirement of perforating the beams of the framework to their det- In my construction I make use of a series of fillers. located between the metal beams and secured therein by transverse bolts or rivets, `the fillers being provided with vertical bolt-` holes adapted to receive the bolts that secure the platform-.frame to the car-sills and the` platform-timbers and other parts of the platform-frame to the aforesaid frame.

The invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a top or plan view `of my plat- Fig. II is a longitudinal section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is an end Fig. IV is a detail top l form-frame.

View of one of the draw-bar-spring pockets Fig. V is a detail side view of the ller shown in Fig. IV. Fig. VI is an enlarged cross-section taken on line VI VI, Fig. I. Fig.` VII isa detail top View` of one of the center platform-beam llers and buffer-timber anchor. Fig. VIII is a detail side view of the filler shown inFig. VII.

Fig. IX is a detail perspective view of one of the platform-beam 'fillers Fig. Xis a detail `perspective ,view of one of the side platformbeam fillers and buffer-beaml anchors, also servingas a safety-coupling chain-anchor furring. Fig. XI isa detail perspective view `of one of the platform-beam fillers and endsill anchors. Fig. XII is a detail perspective view of one of the center platform-beam Serial No. 100,660. (,No model.)

llers and body-bolster anchors. Fig. XIII is a section taken on line XIII XIII, Fig. I, showing one of the platform side-beam fillers and body-bolster anchors in elevation.

1 designates the short beams of the platform-frame, and 2 the center beams, all of which are of channel form, with the iianges of each beam outturned. The center and outside platform-beams are attached to the car-body bolster, which is composed of an upper plate 3 and vlower plate 4,by the fillers shown in detail by Figs. XII and XIII, respectively.

' 5 designates the bader-timber, Vmounted upon theforward ends of the side and center beams andbacked by an angle-iron 6.

7- is the end sill, composed of two timbers having positioned between them an end-sill Aplate 8 for service as a strengthener for the end sill.

9 is a tie-plate positioned beneath the beams l and 2 and having its ends extending npwardly (see Fig. III) to the under side of the end sill 7.

10 is a tie-plate that connects the beams l and 2 at their forward ends.

1l designates the platform-timbers, having mounted thereon the platformstiooring 12.

13 is a draw-bar-spring pocket having angie bottomlpieces 14 and cross-bars l5, that "are supportedbeneath the centerbeams 2 in the manner hereinafter stated.

Thevarious llers used in my frame construction are `positioned between the lside lbeams and center beams of' the frame, and I `designate them by terms corresponding to their `relation to the `members hereinbefore mentioned. 16 designates the draw-bar-spring pocket and center-beam ller, positioned between the center beams 2 approximately midway of the distance between their outer ends and the body-bolster, each spring-pockethaving at its sides strengthening-ribs 17 fand containing a series of horizontal bolt-holes 18, through which rivets or bolts 19 are inserted, the ends of the rivets or bol ts seated in the center beams, as seen in Fig. VI, to iirmly secure the fillers between the mating center beams. At each end of the ller 16 are vertical bolt-holes 20, that are adapted to re- IOO I yO

ceive vertical bolts 2l, that pass through the platform car-sills 11 and the bolt-holes 2O to secure said beams and spring-pocket to the car-sills, as seen in Fig. II. The draw-barspring pocket and center platform-filler 16 extend `downwardly beyond the lower edges of the center beams 2, and their lower eX- tremities are formed with vertical webs 22, side ribs 23, and have ledges 24, that t against the under edges of the center beams. In the lower end of each ller 16 is a horizontal bracket 25, to which the angle bottom pieces 14, that support draw-bar-spring followers, are att-ached, they being stilfened by the crossbar 15.

26 designates cross-shaped struts positioned between the center beams 2 at the location of the drawbarspring pocket and center platform-beam fillers and which serve to bind said beams together at the location mentioned.

27 designates buer-timbe'r fillers, located between the center mating beams2 at the l0- cation of the buffer-timber 5. Each of these fillers 27 is provided with horizontal boltholes 28,that receive horizontal bolts or rivets passed therethrough and seated on the webs of the mating center beams to hold said llers in place. In the illers 27 are a series of vertical bolt-holes 29, that are adapted to receive the vertical bolts 30, (see Fig. IL) by which the buer-timbers 5 and the platformtimbers 11a are secured to the center beams 2, the bolts extending through the tie-plate 10, located beneath the outerends of the center beams. Each buffer-timber iller is provided with a vertical anchor-gib 31, that furnishes a shoulder against which the rear face of the bulfertimber angle-iron 6 rests to transmit shock from said buffer-timber to center beams.

32 designates side platform-beam filler and buffer-beam anchor positioned between the mating side platform-beams 1, each filler being provided with a horizontal bolt-hole 33, adapted to receive horizontal bolts or rivets, by which they are secured to the side platform-beams. The fillers 32 are also provided withvertical bolt-holes34, that receive bolts 30, passed through the buffer-timbers 5. At the rear end of each filler 32 is an anchor-gib 35, similar to that 31 on the fillers 27 and adapted for like service. Each iller 32 has .a perforated arm 36, that mates with safetycoupling chain-anchor plates 37, (see Figs. I and 11,) having holes 38, adapted to receive the usual check-chains.

39 designates platform beam llers, each `comprising a central body having a vertical bolt-hole 40, adapted to receive bolts 4l, seated in the car-sills 11 or platform-timbers 1la and provided with side arms 42, containing horizontal bolt-holes 43, that receive horizontal bolts or rivets seated in webs of the platform-beams 1 and 2.

44 designates an end-sill ller and anchor having horizontal bolt-holes 45 adapted to receive horizontal bolts or rivets seated in the webs of the platform-beams 1 and 2 at the location of the end sill and also containing vertical bolt-holes 46, that receive vertical bolts passed through the end sill 7 and the tieplate 9, located beneath the platform-beams l and 2. The fillers 44 are provided with central anchor-sockets 47, adapted to receive and hold an end-sill plate 8, which has its lower edge seated therein to anchor the end Y sill from lateral movement.

48 designates center platform-beam fillers and body-bolster anchors positioned between the mating center platform-beams 2 at the location of the body-bolster of the car, provided at its ends with anchor-gibs 49, that embrace the edges of the top bolster-plate 3 and serve to retain said plate from lateral movement. These bolster-fillers are held to the center platform-beams by horizontal bolts or rivets, that pass through the horizontal bolt-holes 50 therein and are seated in the webs of said center platform-beams. These fillers are also provided with vertical boltholes 51, that receive the bolts 52a by which the bolster-plates 3 and 4 are held to the center platform-beams and car-sills.

52 designates outer bolster-fillers positioned between the mating side platform-beams 1 and having anchor-gibs 53 at their upper and lower edges that embrace the bolster-plates 3 and 4 and perform the same service as the anchor-gibs 49 of the center platform-beam iller and bolster-filler and anchor 48. The outer bolster-hilers 52 are connected to the side platform-beams 1 by bolts or rivets seated in forward arms 54 of said llers and the side platform-beams 1. These fillers are also provided with vertical bolt-holes that receive the bolts 52a, passed therethrough from the car-sills 11.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a platform-frame of metal channel-beams having their iianges turned outwardly and arranged in pairs, fillers having horizontal and vertical ribs upon their sides and situated between the facing unanged sides of the pairs of channel-beams, said fillers being provided with vertical boltholes to receive sill-bolts, and bolt-holes extending horizontally through the fillers and the ribs thereon lat the junctions of the horizontal and vertical ribs, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a platform-frame, of beams, sills, platform-timbers and transversely-positioned appurtenances; and fillers secured between said beams containing vertical bolt-holes to receive bolts by which said sills, timbers and beams are secured together; said fillers having anchor-gibs whereby said appurtenances are held from lateral movement on said beams, substantially as described.

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3. In a platform-frame, the combination provided with horizontal bolt-holes extendwith metal channel-beams and ribbedllers ing in line with the ribs thereof. 1o secured between said beams of means in said In testimony whereof I have hereunto set llers to secure the beams to the ear-sills and my hand.

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4. In a platform-frame, the combination of In presence 0fmetal channel-beams and ribbed fillers se- E. S. KNIGHT,

cured between said beams, said fillers being M. P. SMITH. 

